Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthokinetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thoki-net-ic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing any property related to the kinetic energy imparted by collisions with other bodies

adj

Relating to orthokinesis.

Example Sentences

"the orthokinetic behaviour of the woodlouse"

Etymology

From ortho- + kinetic.

Inflected Forms

more orthokinetic (comparative) most orthokinetic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

perikinetic

Questions

What does orthokinetic mean?: Describing any property related to the kinetic energy imparted by collisions with other bodies
Where does orthokinetic come from?: From ortho- + kinetic.

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